2020 Regular Session

HB0056/790410/1 BY: Environment and Transportation Committee AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 56 (First Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, at the top of the page, insert “EMERGENCY BILL”; in the sponsor line, strike “Delegate Arentz” and substitute “Delegates Arentz, Bagnall, Carey, Howard, Jacobs, Kipke, Malone, and Saab”; in line 2, strike “and Traffic Study”; in line 8, after “a” insert “traffic capacity”; strike beginning with “requiring” in line 13 down through “date” in line 20 and substitute “providing that the Advisory Group is a public body and subject to certain provisions of law”; and in line 21, after “terms;” insert “making this Act an emergency measure;”. AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 2, in line 11, strike “AUTHORITY” and substitute “DEPARTMENT”; and strike in their entirety lines 13 through 24, inclusive, and substitute: “(1) THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, OR THE SECRETARY’S DESIGNEE; (2) THE STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR, OR THE ADMINISTRATOR’S DESIGNEE; (3) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUTHORITY, OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S DESIGNEE; (4) TWO CITIZEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY COUNCIL; (Over) HB0056/790410/1 Environment and Transportation Committee Amendments to HB 56 Page 2 of 3 (5) TWO CITIZEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY; AND (6) THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR: (I) THREE CITIZEN MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH ISSUES FACED BY COMMUTERS WHO CROSS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE; AND (II) THREE CITIZEN MEMBERS WHO LIVE IN QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH ISSUES FACED BY COMMUTERS WHO CROSS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE.”. On page 3, in line 16, strike “HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS” and substitute “ADOPT BYLAWS”; strike in their entirety lines 17 through 25, inclusive, and substitute: “(2) PROVIDE THE AUTHORITY WITH AN INDEPENDENT, CITIZEN– INFORMED PERSPECTIVE ON THE AUTHORITY’S OPERATIONS AT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE; AND (3) (I) ASSIST THE AUTHORITY IN: 1. ASSESSING POTENTIAL CONCERNS ABOUT ACTIVITY RELATING TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE; AND 2. EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT ACTIVITY RELATING TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE; AND HB0056/790410/1 Environment and Transportation Committee Amendments to HB 56 Page 3 of 3 (II) WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE AUTHORITY AND PROVIDE PERTINENT INPUT RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUES. (I) THE ADVISORY GROUP IS A PUBLIC BODY AND IS SUBJECT TO TITLE 3 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE.”; in line 26, strike “(I)” and substitute “(J)”; in the same line, after “A” insert “TRAFFIC CAPACITY”; and in line 27, strike “THE SEVERN RIVER”. On page 4, in line 1, strike “BRIDGE AND THE KENT NARROWS BRIDGE” and substitute “INTERSTATE 97 AND MARYLAND ROUTE 404”; in line 3, strike “(J)” and substitute “(K)”; and in lines 13 and 14, in each instance, strike “four” and substitute “three”. On pages 4 and 5, strike beginning with line 15 on page 4 through line 8 on page 5, inclusive. On page 5, in line 9, strike “4.” and substitute “3.”; and strike beginning with “shall” in line 9 down through “2020” in line 10 and substitute “is an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health or safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted”. .

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